Chapter 797 The Disappearing Party

Chapter 797 The Disappearing Party

At the same time, various negative news about Shui Ye are circulating on the Internet.

Weibo, Tieba, Tianya Forum... without exception, the hot search lists of major social platforms were completely dominated by topics such as **#Shui Ye's black material#, #Shui Ye's plastic surgery#, #Shui Ye's power-for-sex transaction#**!
An anonymous post on Tianya Forum was instantly pushed to the front page, with a simple and crude title - "Popular actress Shui Ye's pre-plastic surgery photos exposed, fans should not be sensitive." The poster not only attached a high-definition photo of Shui Ye without makeup when she participated in an early talent show, but also specially marked the "subtle changes" of her cheekbones, nose bridge, and chin with red circles, and even threw out a screenshot of a consumption record that was said to be from a certain plastic surgery hospital - "20XX, facial fat filling + rhinoplasty."

Shuiye's team responded quickly, and the studio immediately released a statement on Weibo:
"The rumors about plastic surgery are pure lies! The artist had corrections due to dental problems in her early years, which caused some changes in her facial contours, but she has never received any plastic surgery! Regarding malicious photo-editing and fabricating consumption records, we have entrusted a lawyer to collect evidence and will pursue legal responsibility!"

However, less than ten minutes after this statement was issued, even more explosive news came out!

A well-known gossip website suddenly released a set of chat record screenshots, which showed Shui Ye's "late-night script discussion" with a well-known director, with ambiguous and explicit hints. What's more frightening is that the whistleblower said: "This is just an appetizer, there will be more explosive videos and photos later, so stay tuned!"

For a moment, the entire Internet was in an uproar!
Netizens were frantically digging up all the dark history of Shui Ye.

Red carpet scheming: At a film festival, she deliberately stepped on the skirt of her competitor, causing her to make a fool of herself in public.

She acted like a big shot in the crew: she asked everyone to wait for two hours for her to put on makeup during filming, and she also angrily called her assistant a "waste".

Plastic Sisterhood: In the early years, she and Shui Shui secretly made trouble for each other in order to snatch roles, and eventually the sisters became enemies.

Bullying newcomers: It was revealed that he relied on his seniority to order new actors around and even deliberately cut their roles.

"Isn't this too cruel? Revealing so much information at once, it's obvious that they want to torture Shui Ye to death!"

"Haha, you usually act so noble, but you're actually so dirty behind the scenes?"

"Waiting for the video! The onlookers said they don't mind watching the fun!"

In just a few hours, Shui Ye's public image collapsed!
The comment section of her Weibo was completely overwhelmed, with fans and haters fighting each other. Calls from commercial endorsement partners came in one after another, anxiously asking how to control public opinion.

At this moment, she had just finished that unpleasant dinner and was sitting in the car on her way home, with her cell phone vibrating wildly.

Everything has just begun!
"What's going on? Why hasn't the news on the Internet been covered yet?" Shui Ye roared while picking up his phone.

"Boss, we are trying to find a solution. Several companies have ignored our requests. Even giving them money is useless." The assistant's voice came from the phone.

"Good-for-nothings, all good-for-nothings!" Shui Ye hung up the phone angrily.

"Buzz." At this time, the phone rang again.

Shui Ye pressed the answer button again and yelled, "You good-for-nothing, why are you calling me again when you haven't even finished your work?"

"Who are you calling a good-for-nothing?" After a few seconds, a man's deep voice came from the phone. From his tone, it was clear that he was in a bad mood.

"Damn... Godfather... I thought it was..." Shui Ye looked at the screen and explained quickly.

"Hurry up and deal with your mess. Do you know that this matter has spread abroad? It has a great impact on the newly released "X-Men". Although you are only playing a supporting role, you are the only Chinese artist in the film. The producers wanted to attract the Asian market, especially the Chinese box office, so they let you participate. Now the impact on the Internet may cause the box office to drop..."

"I understand, I've asked someone to handle it." After being reminded, Shui Ye immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

Whether she can cooperate with foreign parties again in the future depends on the domestic box office of this play.

"What can you do? Just let someone suppress the matter. Don't you know where the problem lies? It's your bet! Hurry up and spend money to settle the matter. Don't lose the big picture while picking up sesame seeds."

"Ah? How can I survive in China after I lose the money? Isn't this just slapping myself in the face?"

Shui Ye was somewhat reluctant when he heard this.

In fact, she also knew that this matter was mostly caused by Chen Xi, and she also vaguely sensed that Shui Shui was involved. Now that she has lost money, how will people in the industry look at her in the future?

Just when Shui Ye was about to say something, he found that the person on the other end of the phone had disconnected.

She was so depressed that she could only angrily throw her phone onto the seat beside her.

With a large amount of financial support, Chen Xi was once again called by Fan Hongyuan to attend a meeting at the supply and marketing cooperative.

Also present this time was Feng Yun, who was also in high spirits after the successful listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Both of them spoke with much more confidence at the meeting than before.

What surprised Chen Xi was that the other two people from Huaxing Group were surprisingly easy to talk to this time. They were not as tough as before when it came to matters such as shares and follow-up funding.

As for Sun Dixun, he was pretending to be dead the whole time and acted like he wasn't very familiar with Chen Xi, which made him want to laugh.

After the meeting, Chen Xi was again taken to the club by Feng Yun for dinner.

"Mr. Feng, don't you find it strange? Why are those people in Huaxing suddenly so easy to talk to?" Chen Xi took a sip of tea.

"What's the big deal? Now Aba Aba is listed in America. Do you still think I'm the Feng Yun of the past?" Feng Yun took a bite of the food leisurely and didn't take his words to heart at all.

Soon, he thought of something and immediately asked, "Chen boy, how come you suddenly have so much money?"

"Of course I earned it. Mr. Feng, you can get your company listed in the United States, and I also have a listed company in Australia." Chen Xi smiled and did not tell anyone about the transaction between him and Sun Dixun.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if you don’t talk about this kind of thing, because everyone will know it later.

"Oh, you were talking about those people from Huaxing. What's the big deal? Think about it, if you were a senior employee, you would definitely want to make some money as soon as possible, right? They wanted to make more money before, but they saw that we were not willing to give in. Now that time has been delayed for so long and the project has not yet started, they are also anxious, aren't they? As the saying goes, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat..."

"I always feel that it's not the case." Chen Xi touched his chin and was a little confused. He had dealt with the other party in his previous life. Although he was polite on the surface, he would never give in when it came to interests.

"Haha, don't think about this problem. Your prediction last time was right. I am now the richest man in the country. That HuRun ranking list..." Feng Yun chuckled.

Hearing the word Hurun, Chen Xi remembered something. This foreigner had been to Xinlu in his previous life. After doing some reporting, the rate of increase in housing prices in Xinlu unexpectedly became the fastest in the world. Of course, the Xinlu real estate speculation group also contributed to this. After making money, this group of Xinlu people went to Tanzhou, the capital of Hunan Province, and drove up the housing prices there. Then, this group of people moved to Wulin and Modu, and made a lot of money.

"Then congratulations!" Chen Xi raised the glass, even though it was filled with juice.

"Nowadays, big projects often cost tens of billions of yuan. Although Aba Aba always invests so much money, it is actually calculated carefully. If you want more money, you can only expand the scale of financing, and the best way is to go public. It's different when going public overseas, you should have a deep understanding of this. Investors often focus on the future development of the company. We Aba Aba..."

Listening to Feng Yun's nagging, Chen Xi was speechless.

Don’t you dislike money?
"The stock market is just like a game. It's actually all human-controlled. I call it 'running fast'! That is to say, just adjust the price and chips and eventually find the right buyer..." Feng Yun continued to talk about his views on the capital market and turned on the TV on the wall.

On the LCD screen, the white guy on the ring threw a right hook into the face of an Asian man, and blood splattered. The commentator's hysterical roar filled the room: "Oh my God! James's punch seems to have broken Wang Bao's nose!"

Looking at the man lying on the ground, Feng Yong pointed at the TV and said, "Who do you think will win this game?"

"It should be the boxer named Wang Bao." Chen Xi thought for a moment and answered.

"Why? Hasn't he been beaten to the point where he has no chance of defending himself?"

"Because of Wang Baoqiang!"

"..."

"Ahem, you guessed it right. I was having dinner with someone yesterday and overheard the result of this game..."

Feng Yun said as he looked at the screen.

Wang Bao, who had just been beaten dizzy, counterattacked more than ten seconds later and punched James on the temple. The strong man fell to the ground like a felled oak tree and was unresponsive for a long time.

Seeing that the winner had been decided, he added: "The domestic stock market is just like this boxing match. Even if Buffett came, he would fall to the ground. I was wondering, if this rural project was listed, would the investors be like this foreigner? It was clearly said to revitalize agriculture..."

"Why are you suddenly so sentimental? Didn't you want to lend money to farmers before?" Chen Xi looked at the other party suspiciously.

"I am now the richest man, and you also said that the greater the wealth, the greater the responsibility."

"Hey, I haven't seen you for a while. If I didn't know you went to America, I would have thought you went to a Buddhist temple." Chen Xi teased.

"Haha, I'm afraid that Duan Yixiong is going to cheat us. That guy is in cahoots with those Huaxing guys. Now they've made concessions so easily, there must be something wrong. You really thought I was confused just now."

"Oh, there's nothing we can do about it. A large enterprise will have many shareholders. The direction of a company is not decided by one person, and you should be well aware of this. Besides, what you just mentioned, this project is about the revitalization of domestic rural areas. If the company carries the banner and reaps profits in the stock market without any bottom line, and fails to solve the rural problems, then the people above will definitely take action..." Chen Xi looked at Feng Yun seriously.

"You mean we just need to solve the rural problems?"

"With subsidies and policies, we must do practical things. Other issues cannot be discussed now because the project has not yet started and the company has not yet made any profit, so those with ulterior motives will not do anything now. You see, when fighting for the world, everyone is united, but when the war is almost over and they are preparing to confer titles of kingship or marquisate, conflicts will most likely arise."

"Yeah, that makes sense." Feng Yun is also an experienced person, and he agreed.

Aba Aba, this situation has already occurred.

"Why are you still laughing now? I told you before, the position of the richest man is not easy to sit on. If it were me, I would definitely do something to lower the ranking. A tall tree attracts the wind, and everyone is staring at you!" Chen Xi looked at Feng Yun in confusion.

However, Feng Yun laughed out loud: "What I want is an effect. I wish the people of the whole country would stare at me! In this way, I don't have to advertise. No matter what I say or do, people will think it is right. As long as I say I want to go into a certain industry, a bunch of people will follow suit. This effect can help Aba Aba develop better, and I will become the group's signature. Now that the company has grown bigger and has more shareholders, some people think I am useless and that the things in my head are outdated, and that I should step down and let others take over. I want to let them know that the group cannot do without me..."

"Uh..." Chen Xi felt that there was some truth in Feng Yun's words.

The two people's situations are different, and perhaps Feng Yun's approach is more suitable for his current situation.

At this moment, Chen Xi's cell phone suddenly rang. He looked at the screen and answered the call.

The next second, Shui Ye's curse was heard from the phone: "You TM..." But soon the voice was suppressed by Huang Youde: "Mr. Chen, what you did is too immoral. You actually slandered others on the Internet at will. We are fully capable of suing you for defamation and rumor-mongering. You know, this online public opinion has had a huge impact on Shui Ye's movie and endorsement, and it is estimated that it has reached 2 million..."

"Mr. Huang, I don't know what you are talking about. I have also read the news online, so please don't put the blame on me. The comments of netizens come from their own mouths. If you suspect that someone is instructing them to spread rumors, you should report it to the relevant department..." Chen Xi began to act stupid.

"F*ck me..." Huang Youde was so angry. How could he report this to the police? If the relevant departments followed the clues, the loss would be even greater...

"Haha, I don't want to get back the 50 million. There's no need to deal with you. Hiring water troops costs money, right?"

"You...you...just wait. Last time you offended Mr. Li, now it's..."

"Beep beep."

Huang Youde looked at the hung up call and angrily threw the phone on the table.

"This kid is such a thief, he didn't say anything, the recording we prepared is useless." Shui Ye frowned and stood by. "It doesn't matter, Mr. Li will definitely help us. This kid is just young and hot-tempered, and he doesn't give face to anyone. I'm going to teach him a lesson!" Huang Youde calmed down.

In the box, Feng Yun looked at Chen Xi and asked, "It seems you got into trouble outside!"

"Haha, I did piss off some people. Then again, the people I pissed off this time might be related to you!"

"I?"

Feng Yun scratched his head, not knowing what the other party was talking about.

After thinking about it, he asked again: "I have a question for you. The takeaway business you run in Australia is very successful. Why don't you replicate it in China? Whether it's the labor force or the restaurants in China, they are many times that of Australia..."

"Not suitable."

"Why? There is a takeaway called Ele.bar on the market that has become successful. A few months ago, there was another takeaway called Tuantuan, which was created by the Tuantuan platform. Because they had business dealings with offline stores in group buying, they developed very rapidly. I think it is very profitable. I plan to acquire Ele.bar and enter the takeaway industry..." Feng Yun looked at him puzzled.

Chen Xi shook his head: "The domestic takeaway industry is different from the takeaway model in Australia, and the income level and work experience of takeaway drivers are also different. Unlike the culture of tipping in Australia, domestic consumers do not have the habit of paying extra tips, and the income of takeaway drivers depends entirely on the platform's piecework wages.

At the same time, domestic platforms usually adopt a multi-order concurrent delivery strategy, and one rider often needs to deliver 4-6 orders at the same time, while Australian platforms pay more attention to service quality and usually adopt a single-point delivery model. In terms of the commission mechanism, the commissions charged by domestic platforms to merchants are generally as high as 18-25%, which is much higher than the 10-15% average level in foreign markets. These differences have led to domestic riders facing three lows and one high: low hourly wages, low security, limited career development space, but high work intensity (an average of 35-50 orders delivered per day, working more than 10 hours). Although this business model has improved delivery efficiency in the short term, in the long run, it not only affects the riders' career satisfaction and stability, but may also restrict the sustainable development of the entire industry.

Through government legislation and industry self-discipline, Australia has established a more complete labor protection system, such as compulsory insurance and minimum hourly wage system, which provides a useful reference for balancing the rights and interests of platforms, merchants, riders and consumers..."

Chen Xi explained to Feng Yun.

"what do you want to say in the end?"

When Feng Yun asked again, Chen Xi said: "From the perspective of business model sustainability, there are structural concerns in the current development path of the domestic food delivery industry. When the platform subsidy bonus period ends, the marginal benefits of riders and merchants will face double squeezes, and this systemic contradiction will inevitably erupt through social public opinion. At that time, the Anti-Monopoly Law and the Anti-Unfair Competition Law are likely to be cited to intervene, triggering a new round of industry reshuffle.

In this process, new entrants will respond to the slogan and try to integrate into the market through some strategies. The zero-tipping culture formed by Chinese consumers for a long time is difficult to change in the short term, which means that it is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. This makes it difficult for the platform to improve the treatment of riders through service premiums. "

However, Chen Xi thinks that the industry reshuffle and the fierce competition between new entrants and old players in the previous takeaway industry are just acting. Some of these entrepreneurs don’t have a good relationship in private, but some are good friends. Why do friends fight with friends? One possibility is to help friends avoid being targeted. The second possibility is to pretend to fight with friends and make money together. Anyway, as long as they act for the people above and below, so that they can feel comfortable, and the market is not monopolized, everything will be fine.

"On the one hand, young consumers today are extremely price sensitive when it comes to daily consumption, such as takeout and video memberships, and are willing to endure poor quality and service to save a few yuan. On the other hand, they spend a lot of money on social consumption, such as concerts, luxury goods, and buying gifts for girls. In fact, the reason behind this is not only the low spending power of young people, but the overall irrational consumer psychology is distorting the market pricing mechanism.

In terms of business practice, the competitive strategy that relies on price wars has major flaws. First, the platform needs to continue to invest huge amounts of money to maintain subsidies. Second, reducing costs will inevitably lead to a decline in service quality. In the end, it will fall into a vicious cycle of low prices-low quality-user loss. Some companies achieve the so-called "cost-effectiveness" by lowering prices in the supply chain, but in fact, this is at the expense of product quality and user experience. This short-term business philosophy will not only damage the industry ecology in the long run, but also make it difficult to establish real brand value.

Healthy market competition should be based on value innovation rather than price wars. Instead of getting involved in an endless subsidy war, it is better to focus on improving service quality and operational efficiency and cultivating consumers' consumption concept of paying for high-quality services, so as to build a more sustainable business model..."

For example, some bosses made their fortunes by optimizing the supply chain to manufacture "cost-effective" products, but in fact the quality is much worse. They said that they optimized the supply chain and made low-priced and high-quality products, but in fact the money went into their own pockets. For example, the material supplier quoted 2 yuan to the manufacturer, and the manufacturer quoted 4 yuan to the merchant. The merchant then lowered the price to 2 yuan and quoted 4 yuan to the consumer. The manufacturer can only follow the merchant's actions to lower the price of the material supplier, resulting in lower and lower quality of the entire product.

The merchants will then create a persona online, saying that they are doing good for consumers and that they want to lower the prices of all products, but in fact the quality is very poor. Most consumers don’t care about this. They will only roughly compare other products and think that they look similar and the one with the lower price is good. In addition, the current productivity is too high, supply exceeds demand, and product updates are getting faster and faster. Consumers will think that the life of the product does not matter. As long as the price is low, they can keep changing. Some bosses seized on this mentality of these people and began to mass-produce cheap products.

Some online consumers have also begun to cater to the merchants, and some have even made outrageous suggestions to lower the price of sanitary napkins.

In fact, what Chen Xi wanted to say was that if the price of sanitary napkins was lowered, you probably wouldn’t dare to use them by then.

In the eyes of Chen Xi and many other entrepreneurs, this is nothing more than an industry troublemaker and product assembler, which is not a good thing for the healthy development of the market.

Feng Yun rubbed his chin and thought about what the other party said. In fact, Feng Yun did not agree with Chen Xi's words. According to Aba Aba's core acquisition philosophy, it focuses on three aspects: ecological synergy orientation, traffic entrance control, and data asset integration.

In other words, regardless of whether it makes money after the acquisition, its business operating system philosophy is to supplement the key links of the ecosystem through acquisitions.

For example, Gaode Map was acquired by Ababa in order to collaborate with Benniao Logistics to achieve a closed loop of location service + instant delivery.

The acquisition of apps such as XC Browser and Youku is to ensure that traffic entrances do not rely on external platforms.

There are always people saying online that Penguin's investment philosophy is better than Ababa's, because after they acquire or acquire the other party, they will not interfere too much with the other party's operations, and they are basically profitable, while Ababa always loses money. In fact, this statement is not entirely correct, and it is a bit too one-sided, because the business operation philosophies of the two companies are different.

Feng Yun wants to acquire Ele.ba not only for business expansion, but more importantly, he wants to obtain real-time consumption data of hundreds of millions of users, so that he can form a data closed loop with Alibaba's advertising system.

What Chen Xi just said was solely about the takeaway industry and its future development, because what Feng Yun just asked him was why not copy Australia's system.

There is no right or wrong here, it’s just a matter of whether it is suitable for you.

The next day, at God's headquarters.

Chen Xi sat in the boss chair, staring at a document in his hand and said, "Actually, your qualifications are not bad, but your acting range is a bit limited. You are only suitable for playing the role of a domineering CEO."

Tan Kai's mouth twitched in embarrassment when he heard this: "There's nothing I can do. They said I'm not handsome, but I'm very manly. At first they said I was suitable for playing a general. As for the overbearing CEO... it seems that it's mostly played by pretty boys now. The director said that doing so is in line with the market..."

"Well, that's because other companies are not suitable for you. Our drama doesn't need sissy actors to act. It's just excessive now, and most women's aesthetics will return to their original state in the future. Do you know why I recruited you?"

"Is it because you have a grudge against Yang Dan? You recruited me here to destroy his prestige. To be honest, if I wasn't short of money, I wouldn't come to you for this reason..."

"Wrong. The reason I recruited you is that you are a righteous person. You can't act based on your behavior at the drinking table. Artists nowadays are two-faced and have problems with their lifestyle. Have you seen the reports on the Internet? Shui Ye's career was affected by some things. For the future safety of the company, we must weigh the pros and cons when selecting artists." Chen Xi put down the information and crossed his hands.

"It makes me feel like I'm taking a civil service exam..." Tan Kai looked at the young man in front of him. He spoke like a leader within the system.

"Let's talk about the problems of Yang Dan's company. I think there are some things you can't say at a dinner party."

"Wow, this Yang Dan really pissed me off..." Under Chen Xi's guidance, Tan Kai's mouth was like a flood that could not be stopped.

"Uh..." Chen Xi, who was sitting in the boss chair, had an extremely interesting expression on his face as he listened to the series of gossips revealed by the other party.

Shui Ye did not give in when the storm of public opinion swept in. She immediately flew to Europe, completely ignoring the advice of her godfather behind her.

In a foreign country, she used a lot of money to gradually make the overwhelming negative news disappear from the hot search list.

While suppressing old news, new hot spots were created - the divorce scandal of a well-known director and the rumors of a popular young actor's secret marriage and child-bearing have been on the hot searches one after another, successfully diverting public attention.

But this was just a defense. Shui Ye quickly launched a counterattack, targeting Chen Xi. A well-trained network of online trolls suddenly came out in full force, spreading the news on various social platforms: Chen Xi used his position as a boss to impose hidden rules on his female artists, and Ni Li was instantly caught in the whirlpool of public opinion.

Soon after, a photo of Chen Xi holding hands with a woman in a shopping mall went viral on major forums.

Chen Xi looked at the woman in the photo, holding his arm intimately, and couldn't help wondering, who took this photo? Was it Yang Dan?

That day, Xing Tian pushed open the door of his office, held up his phone, looked at the man in the boss chair and asked, "The Internet is full of news about you, don't you want to clarify it?"

"What do I want to clarify? That I didn't have sex with female celebrities? Haha, I guess no one will believe it even if I say it. In the eyes of most people, we capitalists have been labeled as bad guys." Chen Xi took a sip of tea leisurely.

He poured a cup for Xing Tian and said, "This tea is good. It's a gift from the bank president!"

This tea was naturally given to him by Sun Dixun. This grandson now comes to contact Chen Xi from time to time, and every time he comes he brings small gifts, for fear that Chen Xi would take the money and go abroad and never come back.

Chen Xi naturally understood this little thought.

"You actually still have the mind to drink tea here. Our filming crew outside is surrounded by people. A group of people are clicking with their cameras every day, as if they have to capture some little secret before they can leave."

"I heard that Mr. Shui has fled abroad. If I use my ultimate move to fight back now, this woman will probably not come back. This is not the result I want."

"What should I do?"

"Of course, I will learn from Mr. Shui and suppress the negative news with more explosive news."

"Do you mean……"

"Yes, our new game."

"But it seems a bit inappropriate to release it at this time."

"What are you afraid of? It's a good opportunity to use the popularity to promote the game."

What Chen Xi was referring to was the derivative version of Zhijie - Zhijie Fantasy.

This game is a modified and upgraded version of the "Minecraft" sandbox game that was released a few years ago.

In fact, the original design of Zhijie is similar to this, but the derivative version released now is more in line with the nature of online games, that is, creating equipment, building, fighting monsters, etc.

While the two were still discussing how to deal with the situation, a smart guy who was bored and browsing Weibo in the hotel suddenly jumped up from the bed angrily.

"Wow, who the hell, actually posted my photo online? The shooting angle is so ugly. And they said I'm some 18th-tier celebrity who got to the top by warming the bed." Xu Yun was furious as she looked at the photo on her phone.

She felt that she was as beautiful as a fairy, but she was given the title of an 18th-tier celebrity. Isn't this a slap in her face?

An angry Xu Yun immediately responded on her Weibo. After all, she is the secretary-general of the Overseas Returnees Association and many people follow her.

Soon, the news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred.

Xu Yun felt that this was not enough to vent her anger, so she immediately made a phone call to mobilize resources to attack the internet trolls who posted the photos, and even issued a bounty order to catch this bastard.

"Hey, you dare to slander me? If I catch you, I will cut you into pieces."

To be honest, there are still many lick dogs around Xu Yun. These people did not even ask what the relationship between the man in the photo and her was, but used their power to help the goddess solve her problems.

"Damn it, who is so blind as to dare to bully Yunyun?"

"Yunyun hasn't called me for a long time, and I know that happiness has come!"

"My dad asked me to go on a blind date yesterday, and now I got a call from my goddess. What a stupid blind date! I have to perform well!"

Xu Yun's army of lickers all put down what they were doing and were eager to make great contributions.

At this moment, in a high-end office building in Ginza, Tokyo, Zhao Lingshan had just finished a business meeting. She leaned against the French window and scrolled through her phone. Looking at the photos on her phone, she said angrily, "Oh, Xu Yun is a very courageous woman." She looked at Chen Xi's expression of despair in the photo, and suddenly smiled, "Look at this expression, it's probably forced on him by this woman."

At the same time, at a CBD construction site in Shanghai, Shen Xinyi was taking a nap next to a concrete pillar. Her temples were soaked with sweat under her safety helmet. She casually opened the overseas returnee group, which was already buzzing with rumors about Chen Xi and Xu Yun, with all kinds of bizarre speculations constantly flooding the screen.

She zoomed in on the photo that went viral on the Internet, and her brows knitted unconsciously. According to her impression of Chen Xi, this kind of woman should not be his type. (End of this chapter)